East Tennessee county established in 1796. Originally part of the pioneer Watauga Settlements, from 1785 to 1789, this land was also claimed by the abortive, short-lived [[State of Franklin]].<ref>J. Mark Lowe, "The Land Grant Processes of North Carolina and Tennessee," Lecture, Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, Knoxville, Tenn., August 21, 2010.</ref>

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<br>'''Carter County, Tennessee''' genealogy and family history research page. Guide to '''Carter County''' (established 1796) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

In 1796 the first county reconstituted by the new State of Tennessee was Franklin's Wayne (old) County, only it was called Carter County.<ref name="McBride">Robert M. McBride, "Lost Counties of Tennessee," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1137265 East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications]'' 38 (1966): 5-6. </ref>Now the land on which the lost county of Wayne (old) County was located is known as Carter County and [[Johnson County, Tennessee|Johnson County]].<ref>Iamvered (Wikipedia User), The Eight Counties of the State of Franklin, circa 1786 at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:8FranklinCounties.png (accessed 27 June 2010).</ref> <br>

In 1796 the first county reconstituted by the new State of Tennessee was Franklin's Wayne (old) County, only it was called Carter County.<ref name="McBride">Robert M. McBride, "Lost Counties of Tennessee," ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1137265 East Tennessee Historical Society's Publications]'' 38 (1966): 5-6. </ref>Now the land on which the lost county of Wayne (old) County was located is known as Carter County and [[Johnson County, Tennessee|Johnson County]].<ref>Iamvered (Wikipedia User), The Eight Counties of the State of Franklin, circa 1786 at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:8FranklinCounties.png (accessed 27 June 2010).</ref> <br>

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East Tennessee county established in 1796. Originally part of the pioneer Watauga Settlements, from 1785 to 1789, this land was also claimed by the abortive, short-lived [[State of Franklin]].<ref>J. Mark Lowe, "The Land Grant Processes of North Carolina and Tennessee," Lecture, Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, Knoxville, Tenn., August 21, 2010.</ref>

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'''1796'''--Carter County was created 9 April 1796 from [[Washington County, Tennessee|Washington County]].&nbsp; <br>'''County seat''': Elizabethton<ref name="Handybook">''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/handybook-for-genealogists-united-states-of-america/oclc/50140092 The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed]''. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002) [{{FHL|973 D27e}}], 638.</ref>

Tennessee cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. <br><br> The [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Tennessee_Cemeteries#Online_Resources Tennessee Cemeteries] page provides explanations of the following online resources:

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Tennessee cemetery records often identify birth, death, relationship, and military information, as well as religious affiliation. <br><br>The [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Tennessee_Cemeteries#Online_Resources Tennessee Cemeteries] page provides explanations of the following online resources:

1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population censuses of Carter County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see [[Tennessee Census|Tennessee Census]]. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

}} 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population censuses of Carter County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see [[Tennessee Census|Tennessee Census]]. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

See [[Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book]] for more information about statewide printed indexes.

See [[Tennessee Population Schedule Indexes: Fiche, Film, or Book]] for more information about statewide printed indexes.

'''1820''' - Lost<ref>Mary Barnett Curtis, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1136652 Early East Tennessee Tax Lists: a compiled list of residents of the area covered in 22 east Tennessee counties for which there is (sic) no census records prior to 1830]'' (Fort Worth, Texas: Arrow Printing, 1964) [[{{MBCurtis}}]].</ref>

'''1820''' - Lost<ref>Mary Barnett Curtis, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1136652 Early East Tennessee Tax Lists: a compiled list of residents of the area covered in 22 east Tennessee counties for which there is (sic) no census records prior to 1830]'' (Fort Worth, Texas: Arrow Printing, 1964) [[{{MBCurtis}}]].</ref>

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The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at the National Archives, Washington, D.C. FHL copies: [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=280127 FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Films 1024517-1024518].

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The original manufactures schedules for the Eastern and Western Districts of Tennessee are kept at the National Archives, Washington, D.C. FHL copies: {{FHL|280127|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Films 1024517-1024518}}.

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The following book is a useful aid for finding the original records. A free online index, provided by [http://www.lineages.com/InfoCenter/Databases/1820Manufactures.cfm Lineages],&nbsp;will help researchers determine if this resource can be of assistance:

*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=282860&disp=A+Census+of+pensioners+for+Revolutionary%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL&nbsp;US/CAN Film 2321]. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google books] ''et. al''. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Carter County on page 152.]

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*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL&nbsp;US/CAN Film 2321}}. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google books] ''et. al''. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Carter County on page 152.]

*Reed, Sue S. ''Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891.'' 8 vols. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=461479 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 7 1891]. [Carter County is included in Vol. 7.]

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*Reed, Sue S. ''Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891.'' 8 vols. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. {{FHL|461479|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 7 1891}}. [Carter County is included in Vol. 7.]

Church records include baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as information about family members and clues about family migration.&nbsp; For additional information about church records, religions, and religious archives&nbsp;in Tennessee, see [https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Tennessee_Church_Records Tennessee Church Records].

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Church records include baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as information about family members and clues about family migration.&nbsp; For additional information about church records, religions, and religious archives&nbsp;in Tennessee, see [[Tennessee Church Records|Tennessee Church Records]].

*Carter County Church Records

*Carter County Church Records

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:- Family History Library Catalog - {{FHL|552629|subject-id|disp=Carter County Church Records}}

*If the records you need are not&nbsp;through the Family History Library, contact the church(es) in the area where your ancestor lived.&nbsp; Two sites that give information about churches in&nbsp;Bedford County are:

*If the records you need are not&nbsp;through the Family History Library, contact the church(es) in the area where your ancestor lived.&nbsp; Two sites that give information about churches in&nbsp;Bedford County are:

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*In 1936, a helpful guide to early Carter County church records was published by the Works Project Administration. <ref name="tenn church">WPA. ''Guide to Church Vital Statistics in Tennessee.'' Nashville: Tennessee State Planning Commission, 1942. {{FHL|976.8 K23w|book}} </ref>Use this guide to locate which church records exist and where they were housed in 1936. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has filmed some of these records. To locate which records are available at the TSLA, go to the appropriate [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/factcounty.htm#B "county fact sheet"] on the TSLA Web site and scroll down to "selected manuscript material". All filmed church records at the TSLA for&nbsp;Carter county are listed.

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*In 1936, a helpful guide to early Carter County church records was published by the Works Project Administration. <ref name="tenn church">WPA. ''[http://www.worldcat.org/title/guide-to-church-vital-statistics-in-tennessee/oclc/1829968referer=brief_results Guide to Church Vital Statistics in Tennessee.]'' Nashville: Tennessee State Planning Commission, 1942. {{FHL|976.8 K23w|book}}</ref>Use this guide to locate which church records exist and where they were housed in 1936. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has filmed some of these records. To locate which records are available at the TSLA, go to the appropriate [http://www.tn.gov/tsla/history/county/factcounty.htm#B "county fact sheet"] on the TSLA Web site and scroll down to "selected manuscript material". All filmed church records at the TSLA for&nbsp;Carter county are listed.

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{{DNA}} DNA has been collected from men claiming descent from the following Carter County residents. Attempts have not been made to verify the lineages of those tested.

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It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:

Gordon Aronhime (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/aronhime/ online].<ref>[http://virginiagenealogyblog.com/2008/10/12/original-virginia-records-imaged-and-indexed-online/"Original Virginia Records Imaged and Indexed Online,"] ''Arlene Eakle's Virginia Genealogy Blog,'' 12 October 2008.</ref>

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As of August 2010, a query for [http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=Search&includedb=&lang=en&ti=&surname=&stype=Exact&given=&bplace=Carter+Tennessee&byear=&brange=0&dplace=&dyear=&drange=0&mplace=&myear=&mrange=0&father=&mother=&spouse=&skipdb=&period=All&submit.x=Search persons born in Carter, Tennessee] at ''[[World Connect|World Connect]]'', results in more than 65,000 entries.

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*East Tennessee Historical Society. ''First Families of Tennessee: A Register of Early Settlers and Their Present-day Descendants''. Knoxville, Tenn.: East Tennessee Historical Society, 2000. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=974123 FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.8 H2ff]. [Identifies families that had settled in Tennessee before it achieved statehood in 1796.]

'''Gordon Aronhime''' (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/public/guides/aronhime/ online].<ref>[http://virginiagenealogyblog.com/2008/10/12/original-virginia-records-imaged-and-indexed-online/"Original Virginia Records Imaged and Indexed Online,"] ''Arlene Eakle's Virginia Genealogy Blog,'' 12 October 2008.</ref>

*'''[Carter]''' Henry, John J. and Audrey Duffield Henry. ''A History of the Carter and Duffield Family of Carter Co. and Johnson Co. in East Tennessee: With Reference to the Virginia Carter Family and the East Tennessee Families of Taylor, Lowe and Stout''. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: J.J. Henry, 2000. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=967916 FHL&nbsp;FAM&nbsp;HIST&nbsp;Book 929.273 C245hj].

*'''[Duffield]''' Henry, John J. and Audrey Duffield Henry. ''A History of the Carter and Duffield Family of Carter Co. and Johnson Co. in East Tennessee: With Reference to the Virginia Carter Family and the East Tennessee Families of Taylor, Lowe and Stout''. Oak Ridge, Tenn.: J.J. Henry, 2000. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=967916 FHL&nbsp;FAM&nbsp;HIST&nbsp;Book 929.273 C245hj].

*'''[Jobe'''] Hsiung, David C. ''A Montaineer in Motion: The Memoir of Dr. Abraham Jobe'', 1817-1806. Knoxville TN: University of Tennessee Press, 2009. [The memoirs of a Carter County native who was a physician and businessman.]

The original Carter County Deed Books are held at the [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Carter_County,_Tennessee#County_Courthouse County Courthouse]. In the 1970s, the&nbsp;[[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] microfilmed Deed Books A to T (1796-1884), indexes, and Trust Deed Book 1874-1892. Copies of their microfilms are also available at the Family History&nbsp;Library: [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=236733 FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Films 847620-847627, 464080 Item 2, 1011383].

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The original Carter County Deed Books are held at the [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Carter_County,_Tennessee#County_Courthouse County Courthouse]. In the 1970s, the&nbsp;[[Tennessee State Library and Archives|TSLA]] microfilmed Deed Books A to T (1796-1884), indexes, and Trust Deed Book 1874-1892. Copies of their microfilms are also available at the Family History&nbsp;Library: {{FHL|236733|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Films 847620-847627, 464080 Item 2, 1011383}}.

The organization [http://www.copies1918.com/index.html Strictly By Name] provides free online indexes to early Carter County land records. They offer a research service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

The organization [http://www.copies1918.com/index.html Strictly By Name] provides free online indexes to early Carter County land records. They offer a research service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

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*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=282860&disp=A+Census+of+pensioners+for+Revolutionary%20%20&columns=*,0,0 FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL&nbsp;US/CAN Film 2321]. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google books] ''et. al''. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Carter County on page 152.]

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*''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2648500 A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]''. 1841; reprint, Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1967. {{FHL|282860|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 X2pc 1840; FHL&nbsp;US/CAN Film 2321}}. 1841 edition digitized by the [http://www2.census.gov/prod2/decennial/documents/1840c-01.pdf U.S. Census Bureau] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=W7JYAAAAMAAJ Google books] ''et. al''. [See Tennessee, Eastern District, Carter County on page 152.]

Civil War service men from&nbsp;Carter County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from&nbsp;Carter County.

*United States Pension Bureau, [http://www.archive.org/stream/listpensionerso02buregoog#page/n341/mode/1up List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883: Giving the Name of Each Pensioner, the Cause for ... ](Washington Printing Office; 1883), (accessed 30 Jan 2012). Online at Internet Archive.&nbsp;Carter County, page 323-324.<br>

:Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Carter County, Tennessee have been published in ''Ansearchin' News'', the quarterly magazine of the [http://www.tngs.org/ Tennessee Genealogical Society]. To view a list of these articles, visit their [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/ByCounty_ndx.html county index]. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/index.html archive]&nbsp;or conduct a [http://www.tngs.org/search.htm surname search]. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the ''Ansearchin' News'' quarterly [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=44514 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a.]

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:Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Carter County, Tennessee have been published in ''Ansearchin' News'', the quarterly magazine of the [http://www.tngs.org/ Tennessee Genealogical Society]. To view a list of these articles, visit their [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/ByCounty_ndx.html county index]. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their [http://www.tngs.org/ansearchin/index.html archive]&nbsp;or conduct a [http://www.tngs.org/search.htm surname search]. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the ''Ansearchin' News'' quarterly {{FHL|44514|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a.}}

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:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Carter County, Tennessee records have been published in ''[http://www.easttennesseeroots.com/index.html East Tennessee Roots]'' (10 vols.). A subject index to these articles is available [http://sites.google.com/site/easttennesseeroots/subject-index online]. Surname indexes to Volumes 9 and 10 are also available [http://sites.google.com/site/easttennesseeroots/ online]. The Family History Library has collected most issues of&nbsp;''East Tennessee Roots'' [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=177434 FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 D25e].

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:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Carter County, Tennessee records have been published in ''[http://www.easttennesseeroots.com/index.html East Tennessee Roots]'' (10 vols.). A subject index to these articles is available [http://sites.google.com/site/easttennesseeroots/subject-index online]. Surname indexes to Volumes 9 and 10 are also available [http://sites.google.com/site/easttennesseeroots/ online]. The Family History Library has collected most issues of&nbsp;''East Tennessee Roots'' {{FHL|177434|title-id|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 D25e}}.

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:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Carter County, Tennessee records have been published in the ''Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin'' (39+ vols., 1972-present), the journal of the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwag/index.htm Watauga Association of Genealogists]. The organization has posted tables of contents for most volumes on their [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwag/bulletins.htm website]. Back issues are available for purchase.The Family&nbsp;History Library has a complete collection [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=39987 FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Books 976.897 B2w], including Margaret W. Hougland and Betty Jane Hylton's&nbsp;''Bulletin Subject Index: The First Thirty Years, 1972-2001'' (Johnson City, Tenn.: Watauga Association of Genealogists, 2002) [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1119285 FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.897 B2w index 1972-2001].<br>Indexed in the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|PERiodical Source Index (PERSI)]].

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:Genealogical articles with abstracts of Carter County, Tennessee records have been published in the ''Watauga Association of Genealogists Bulletin'' (39+ vols., 1972-present), the journal of the [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwag/index.htm Watauga Association of Genealogists]. The organization has posted tables of contents for most volumes on their [http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tnwag/bulletins.htm website]. Back issues are available for purchase.The Family&nbsp;History Library has a complete collection {{FHL|39987|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Books 976.897 B2w}}, including Margaret W. Hougland and Betty Jane Hylton's&nbsp;''Bulletin Subject Index: The First Thirty Years, 1972-2001'' (Johnson City, Tenn.: Watauga Association of Genealogists, 2002) {{FHL|1119285|title-id|disp=FHL&nbsp;US/CAN&nbsp;Book 976.897 B2w index 1972-2001}}.<br>Indexed in the [[Periodical Source Index (PERSI)|PERiodical Source Index (PERSI)]].

Loose probate files exist at the [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Carter_County,_Tennessee#County_Courthouse Carter County Courthouse] covering the years 1796 to 1915. They were microfilmed by [[Genealogical Society of Utah|GSU]] in 1999: {{FHL|831651|item|disp=FHL Films 2117645-2117646, 2117648}}.

Loose probate files exist at the [http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Carter_County,_Tennessee#County_Courthouse Carter County Courthouse] covering the years 1796 to 1915. They were microfilmed by&nbsp;[[Genealogical Society of Utah|GSU]]&nbsp;&nbsp;in 1999: [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=831651 FHL US/CAN&nbsp;Films 2117645-2117646, 2117648].

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*Bonds, Letters, 1865-1970 (7 vols.)

The organization [http://www.copies1918.com/index.html Strictly By Name] provides free online indexes to early Carter County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

The organization [http://www.copies1918.com/index.html Strictly By Name] provides free online indexes to early Carter County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

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The following Carter County probate records have been abstracted and/or indexed:

The organization [http://www.copies1918.com/index.html Strictly By Name] provides free online indexes to early Carter County marriage records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

The organization [http://www.copies1918.com/index.html Strictly By Name] provides free online indexes to early Carter County marriage records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

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The following Carter County marriage records have been abstracted and/or indexed:

{{RAOGKlibrary}} [http://www.eccpl.org/index.htm '''Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library''']<br>201 N. Sycamore St.<br>Elizabethton, TN 37643<br>Phone: 1-423-547-6360<br>Fax: 1-423-542-1510<br>'''Hours''': Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.<br>Tues., Wed.and Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.<br>Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.<br>Includes the Paty-McCellan-Dungan Archives Room which includes census records, city directories, county records, local history books. Volunteers are available to assist with research on the first Thursday night of each month from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.

{{RAOGKlibrary}} [http://www.eccpl.org/index.htm '''Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library''']<br>201 N. Sycamore St.<br>Elizabethton, TN 37643<br>Phone: 1-423-547-6360<br>Fax: 1-423-542-1510<br>'''Hours''': Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.<br>Tues., Wed.and Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.<br>Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.<br>Includes the Paty-McCellan-Dungan Archives Room which includes census records, city directories, county records, local history books. Volunteers are available to assist with research on the first Thursday night of each month from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.

[http://www.etsu.edu/cass/archives '''Archives of Appalachia''']<br>East Tennessee State University<br>Sherrod Library, 4th floor<br>P.O. Box 70295<br>Johnson City, TN 37614<br>Phone: 1-423-439-4338<br>Hours: 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon-Fri. ETSU school holidays are observed.<br> The Archives of Appalachia is a keeper of memories. Collect, preserve, and share the written words, sounds, and images of the people of Appalachia. House nearly 18 million manuscripts, 56,000 sound recordings, and 250,000 still and moving images.

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[http://www.etsu.edu/cass/archives '''Archives of Appalachia''']<br>East Tennessee State University<br>Sherrod Library, 4th floor<br>P.O. Box 70295<br>Johnson City, TN 37614<br>Phone: 1-423-439-4338<br>Hours: 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon-Fri. ETSU school holidays are observed.<br>The Archives of Appalachia is a keeper of memories. Collect, preserve, and share the written words, sounds, and images of the people of Appalachia. House nearly 18 million manuscripts, 56,000 sound recordings, and 250,000 still and moving images.

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Carter County, Tennessee genealogy and family history research page. Guide to Carter County (established 1796) genealogy, history, and courthouse sources including birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, wills, deeds and land records, Civil War records, Revolutionary War records, family histories, cemeteries, churches, tax records, newspapers, and obituaries.

Carter County Tennessee History

The county is named after Landon Carter (1710-1778), Speaker of the State of Franklin senate.[3]

The land of Carter County was first organized by the State of Franklin in March 1786 from part of Washington County under the name Wayne (old) County.[4] Wayne seems to have included at least the present area of Carter and Johnson Counties. However, the Franklin statehood effort collapsed by 1789. Wayne (old) County existed only briefly, its legality is questionable, and little trace remains. It was not recognized by the subsequent North Carolina, Southwest Territory, or Tennessee governments.

In 1796 the first county reconstituted by the new State of Tennessee was Franklin's Wayne (old) County, only it was called Carter County.[5]Now the land on which the lost county of Wayne (old) County was located is known as Carter County and Johnson County.[6]

East Tennessee county established in 1796. Originally part of the pioneer Watauga Settlements, from 1785 to 1789, this land was also claimed by the abortive, short-lived State of Franklin.[7]

Neighboring Counties

Carter County Tennessee Genealogy Resources

Getting Started

Use the free Search for Surnames at Mountain Press's website to quickly search a variety of published Carter County biography, cemetery, church, court, probate, and tax records. To determine which books are being searched, or to search each publication's index individually, click here. You are now equipped with a checklist of books to pull off the shelves at a genealogy library, or a wish list for your personal book collection.

1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 federal population censuses of Carter County are available online. For tips on accessing census records online, see Tennessee Census. If you're having trouble finding your ancestors in online indexes, try checking printed indexes. Created by local experts familiar with the area's families, these indexes are often transcribed more accurately than nationwide online indexes.

Reed, Sue S. Enumeration of Male Inhabitants of Twenty-one Years of Age and Upward, Citizens of Tennessee, January 1, 1891, as Provided for by an Act of General Assembly of Tennessee, Passed January 15, 1891, and Approved January 22, 1891. 8 vols. Houston, Texas: S.S. Reed, 1989. FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 X2r v. 7 1891. [Carter County is included in Vol. 7.]

Church

Church records include baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as information about family members and clues about family migration. For additional information about church records, religions, and religious archives in Tennessee, see Tennessee Church Records.

In 1936, a helpful guide to early Carter County church records was published by the Works Project Administration. [12]Use this guide to locate which church records exist and where they were housed in 1936. The Tennessee State Library and Archives has filmed some of these records. To locate which records are available at the TSLA, go to the appropriate "county fact sheet" on the TSLA Web site and scroll down to "selected manuscript material". All filmed church records at the TSLA for Carter county are listed.

Court

Genealogy

More than 30 genealogies have been published about Carter County, Tennessee Genealogy families. To view a list, visit Carter County, Tennessee Genealogy.

Gordon Aronhime (1911-1983) collected information on hundreds of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee pioneers. His note cards, which reference more than 4,000 early settlers of the Holston-Clinch River area and East Tennessee (1770s-1790s), are held at the Library of Virginia. The cards have been digitized and made available online.[13]

Immigration

During the War of 1812, American officials reported finding a total of 3 British aliens, some of whom had families, living in Carter County.[14]

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Carter County land records. They offer a research service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

The original Carter County land entries issued by North Carolina are kept at the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. On their website, users can bring up a list of land entries issued in Carter County, both before andafter it became a part of the state of Tennessee. Years covered: 1801-1820.

Instructions:

Follow this link to conduct a "Call Number Search" using the MARS Catalog on their site.

Using the pull down window, change "Call Numbers starting" to "A MarsID matching."

Type 12.14.1 (Windows Vista users may need to include a period after the last digit, for example 12.14.1.) and click Search. This is the specific MarsID for Carter County.

Click on the entry that is returned: "Tennessee, Carter County."

In the window that pops up, click Show List of Child Records and a list of Carter County land entries will be produced. Browse to find abstracts of the original records.[15]

N.B. You can also search by name through the Basic Search, but it lacks soundex capabilities.

Law and Legislation

Tennessee State Library and Archives, Acts of Tennessee 1796-1850: Index to Names. January 25, 2005. [In addition to creating new laws, legislative acts were often required to obtain a divorce, grant legitimacy to a child, or for appointments to or grant payments for public service.] The TSLA has created an index to names that appear in these acts covering the years 1796 to 1850. To read more about this valuable resource Click here. The searchable index is available at the TSLA; another version is available at World Vital Records.

Local Histories

Carter County History Book Committee. Carter County, Tennessee, and its People, 1796–1993. Elizabethton TN: Carter County Book Committee [PO Box 176, Elizabethton, TN], 1993. LC 93-60910

Nave, Robert T. A History of the Iron Industry in Carter County to 1860. Privately published [RT Nave, 509 Woodhaven Dr., Johnson City, TN 37604], 1998. [also includes iron works in now Johnson County]

Civil War service men from Carter County served in various regiments. Men often joined a regiment or a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are the military units that were formed in or had many men from Carter County.

History of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Volunteer Cavalry, U. S. A ... By Samuel W. Scott and Samuel P Angel, has information, including some biographies of Carter County people. Available at FHL; digital version on Google Books or Internet Archive.

Newspapers

Many Tennessee newspapers are filmed and available at the TSLA. Most of these newspapers may be accessed by interlibrary loan to libraries within Tennessee, although there are some newspapers which are not available in or outside of Tennessee. For further information regarding interlibrary loan policies and newspapers not available for interlibrary loan click here. For a list of newspapers available at the archives for Carter County click on the following city:

Periodicals

Tap into the minds of local experts. Editors of genealogical periodicals publish unique sources that researchers who are new to their area would not likely discover. This type of material may be found in local, regional, or statewide genealogical society journals. The following periodicals cover this county:

Ansearchin' News

Genealogical articles with abstracts of records of Carter County, Tennessee have been published in Ansearchin' News, the quarterly magazine of the Tennessee Genealogical Society. To view a list of these articles, visit their county index. To read digitized versions of the first 36 years of articles (Vols. 1-36), browse their archive or conduct a surname search. The Family History Library has a complete collection of the Ansearchin' News quarterly FHL US/CAN Book 976.8 B2a.

East Tennessee Roots

Genealogical articles with abstracts of Carter County, Tennessee records have been published in East Tennessee Roots (10 vols.). A subject index to these articles is available online. Surname indexes to Volumes 9 and 10 are also available online. The Family History Library has collected most issues of East Tennessee RootsFHL US/CAN Book 976.8 D25e.

Probate

FamilySearch has placed scans of the following records online in the Tennessee, Probate Court Books, 1795-1927 collection. These are browse-only collections. Handwritten indexes may be found at the front or back of some volumes:

Index to wills, 1796-1915

Wills, 1794-1937 (3 vols.)

Inventories, 1839-1918

Settlements, 1879-1957 (5 vols.)

Bonds, Letters, 1865-1970 (7 vols.)

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Carter County probate records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

The organization Strictly By Name provides free online indexes to early Carter County marriage records. They offer a record retrieval service to photocopy and transcribe microfilm copies of the original documents for a small fee. Available indexes:

Carter County Tennessee Genealogy Societies and Libraries

Elizabethton/Carter County Public Library201 N. Sycamore St.Elizabethton, TN 37643Phone: 1-423-547-6360Fax: 1-423-542-1510Hours: Mon. and Thurs. 10 a.m.-8 p.m.Tues., Wed.and Fri. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.Sat. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.Includes the Paty-McCellan-Dungan Archives Room which includes census records, city directories, county records, local history books. Volunteers are available to assist with research on the first Thursday night of each month from 6:30 p.m.-8 p.m.

Archives of AppalachiaEast Tennessee State UniversitySherrod Library, 4th floorP.O. Box 70295Johnson City, TN 37614Phone: 1-423-439-4338Hours: 9:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Mon-Fri. ETSU school holidays are observed.The Archives of Appalachia is a keeper of memories. Collect, preserve, and share the written words, sounds, and images of the people of Appalachia. House nearly 18 million manuscripts, 56,000 sound recordings, and 250,000 still and moving images.

↑Kenneth Scott. British Aliens in the United States During the War of 1812. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, 372-378 (see East Tennessee). FHL US/CAN 973 W4s; digital version at Ancestry ($).

↑J. Mark Lowe, "The Land Grant Processes of North Carolina and Tennessee," Lecture, Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference, Knoxville, Tenn., August 21, 2010.

↑The Heritage Quest Online version of PERSI aided in the compilation of this list.